diff --git a/src/lib/chat/index.ts b/src/lib/chat/index.ts
index 7c506d679..bc87daa3c 100644
--- a/src/lib/chat/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/chat/index.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ export async function downloadFile(fileUrl: string) {
 export async function batchDownloadFiles(
   fileUrls: string[],
   isThumbnail: boolean = false,
-  batchSize: number = 20
+  batchSize: number = 25
 ): Promise<{ [fileUrl: string]: string }> {
   return chat.get().matrix.batchDownloadFiles(fileUrls, isThumbnail, batchSize);
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/chat/matrix-client.ts b/src/lib/chat/matrix-client.ts
index 8bb0d7575..8ad35ca76 100644
--- a/src/lib/chat/matrix-client.ts
+++ b/src/lib/chat/matrix-client.ts
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ export class MatrixClient implements IChatClient {
   async batchDownloadFiles(
     fileUrls: string[],
     isThumbnail: boolean = false,
-    batchSize: number = 20
+    batchSize: number = 25
   ): Promise<{ [fileUrl: string]: string }> {
     // Helper function to download a single file
     const downloadFileWithFallback = async (fileUrl: string) => {